12, 13, 20 years ago we were .....

[PIE-GUY]

Clearly home and bored with Covid.  Just watched that whole thing. He really got on the 12 Tribes bus? Fuck that shit!

[Buffalo Budd]

was watching this little gem of a vid i found today of gd summer 92 lot interviews and realized its been a little over 30 yrs since my first dead show :O

[VA $l!m]

Clearly home and bored with Covid.  Just watched that whole thing. He really got on the 12 Tribes bus? Fuck that shit!

o shit, i need to watch the rest! my bus!
..you know i spent time on a Joshua commune
left b/c all they had to eat was beets. i hate beets.

[PIE-GUY]

Was not expecting that turn. I miss you, Slim. Been too long! 

[VA $l!m]

Was not expecting that turn. I miss you, Slim. Been too long!

miss you too bro! <3

[natronzero]

PHISH, FRIDAY 07/25/1997
STARPLEX AMPHITHEATRE
Dallas, TX   

SET 1: Beauty of My Dreams, Wolfman's Brother > Maze, Water in the Sky, Bathtub Gin -> Makisupa Policeman -> AC/DC Bag   

SET 2: Chalk Dust Torture[1] -> Taste[2] -> Ya Mar[2] -> Drums[3] -> Ghost[2] > Character Zero[2]   

ENCORE: Theme From the Bottom[2]   
[1] Unfinished; Bob Gullotti on a second drum set.
[2] Bob Gullotti on a second drum set.
[3] Bob Gullotti on a second drum set and Page on keys.

The second set and encore featured Bob Gullotti on a second drum set. Chalk Dust was unfinished. The Drum Jam also featured Page on keys.

My 25th Phishiversary! Attendance bias aside, a hell of a hot show that gets overshadowed by some of the shows surrounding it.

[Buffalo Budd]

One of, if not the best weekends of my 20s, hands down.

[mistercharlie]

25 years ago today this wonderful show was played (or Phish pissed in everyones ears, if you work for the Indy Star)!

PHISH, SUNDAY 08/10/1997
DEER CREEK MUSIC CENTER
Noblesville, IN
Soundcheck: Dog Log, Paul and Silas, Funky Bitch (slow), She Caught the Katy and Left Me a Mule to Ride, Star Trek theme jam (Page on Theremin).
SET 1: Bathtub Gin -> Sparkle > Down with Disease > Dirt, Cars Trucks Buses, Billy Breathes, Split Open and Melt, Bye Bye Foot > Ginseng Sullivan, Harry Hood
SET 2: Cities -> Good Times Bad Times -> Rotation Jam -> Rock A William -> David Bowie
ENCORE: Cavern


The long, involved Rotation Jam to set up Rock A William started when Page went to the theremin for a solo. Soon after, Trey took up the keys and Mike went to play guitar. Page eventually picked up Mike's bass. After they jammed a bit longer, Mike went to join Trey on the keys. Trey then joined Fish on the drums. The two of them played on the same drum set and Mike took a piano solo. Trey eventually kicked Fish off the drum stool, and Fish picked up Trey's guitar. SOAM contained a Larks' Tongues in Aspic Part Two jam and a Third Stone from the Sun tease.

[Buffalo Budd]

25 years ago, sheesh I'm old.

[shoreline99]

It was only 7 years ago, but Magnaball was such an amazing weekend it deserves a mention here. Love to you all, a great weekend of music, friendship, phamily, and more music

[anthrax]

when i was getting into phish in the 90's a widely circulated tape on trading lists was always the ian's farm show from august of '87.  at the time, it seemed like such a long time ago.  today i realized that the time between then and the ian's farm gig is about the same amount of time from now to magnaball.  whoa. 

[PIE-GUY]

Yeah. Time is fucking weird. I can't believe I've been seeing this band for 30 fucking years... and that my first show was only 9 years after their first show. They seemed so much older than me at the time. Now they seem like they're basically my generation. 

[cactusfan]

30 years ago (yesterday), I went to Shoreline to see Santana for the first time. And while wandering the lawn early, some weird band called Phish played an opening set. They made an impression. I don't think I quite knew what to make of them, but they kept on rattling around somewhere in my subconscience, until, finally, in '96, I actually went to a proper show.

[PIE-GUY]

Not a show - but a fucking great memory!! Still my greatest Ticketbastard score of all time. I called the 800 number and stayed in the phone tree by picking a menu option then pressing "9" to go back to the main menu for about 90 minutes then went into the "buy tickets" menu right at 9am central. 

"What are you interested in?"

"Phish"

"There is a 3-Day package for Phish at Hampton Colosseum March 6, 7, & 8. Is that what you would like?"

"Yes"

"How many tickets?"

"2"

"OK. Please enter your credit card number, followed by the # sign."

HOLY SHIT!!!!!!!!!

[PIE-GUY]

30 years ago tonight was my first "real" Phish show. My first show was HORDE Tour in the summer... so, one set and they weren't even the headliner (Blues Traveler). 

This was the real thing. Two sets in a packed-to-the-gills club that had quite a history. When I say packed... I mean we were nuts-to-butts all fucking night. I was dead center about 5 people back from the stage. During the Forbin's narration the packed crowd ebbed and flowed with Trey's words like we were in the water. It was nuts. Also, Mike came out in a fedora looking like an Italian Stallion. 

One last crazy thing - Faht!! Trey says they don't have the recording of the bird noises for the ending of it so he encourages the audience to supply them. Good shit. 

Great show, with a decent audience recording - though the crowd is club-show-chatty, for sure. 

PHISH, FRIDAY 12/04/1992
MISSISSIPPI NIGHTS
St. Louis, MO
SET 1: Llama, Foam, Poor Heart, Stash, Glide > Sparkle, Fast Enough for You > Maze, Colonel Forbin's Ascent > Fly Famous Mockingbird > Cavern

SET 2: Suzy Greenberg > David Bowie[1], Esther > Possum, It's Ice, The Squirming Coil, Carolina[2], Harry Hood[3], Hold Your Head Up > Faht[4] > Hold Your Head Up, You Enjoy Myself

ENCORE: Fee[5] > Rocky Top

[1] Simpsons and All Fall Down signals.
[2] Without microphones.
[3] Aw Fuck! signal.
[4] Fish on acoustic guitar.
[5] Trey sang verses through megaphone.

The Mockingbird narration contained an Iron Man tease from Mike and a Wilson tease from Page. Bowie included Simpsons and All Fall Down signals and Hood contained an Aw Fuck! signal. Trey and Page teased Long Tall Glasses in Possum. Carolina was performed without microphones. Faht featured Fish on acoustic guitar. Trey sang the verses of Fee through a megaphone.